Essay: Paragraph Practice In this project, you will use what you have learned about paragraphs in the lessons “Paragraph Format/Topic Sentence,” “Paragraph Unity and Sequence,” and “Deductive/Inductive/Transitional Paragraphs." If you wish, you may review those lessons before beginning the assignment. Here is your goal for this assignment: Apply recently studied information to write an effective paragraph Select a topic of your choice. Write the best paragraph that you can, based upon what you have learned in this unit. Make this paragraph longer than your previous paragraphs by developing your topic well. After you have finished, print out your finished paragraph. In the next assignment, you will self-check your paragraph.

Which sentence about subject-verb agreement is not true? a. singular subjects go with singular verbs. b. plural subjects go with plural verbs. c. when the subject and the verb go together, they agree. d. plural verbs go with singular subjects.

Which best compares the authors’ purposes in silent spring and “save the redwoods”? both authors want readers to protect human rights. both authors want readers to focus on saving trees. both authors intend to entertain readers with their essays. both authors intend to convince readers of their viewpoint.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.